I was probably 8 months pregnant and walking through a local gas station. A clerk walks around the corner, sees my swollen stomach, gasps, grabs her own stomach, and says, "Oh! It looks like it hurts!"
Thank you. Thank you so very much, gas station clerk.
26 Weeks Pregnant with Grace
ATTENTION WORLD: Pregnant women get big and just when you think they can't possibly get any bigger, they do!
Two weeks ago I was talking to a woman about my pregnancy. She asked how far along I am and I responded, "Almost 4 months."
"Really?? Are you sure there is just one in there? 'Cause it looks like you could be about 5 and a half … [Read more...]

Yep, I've got a bun in this oven!! My husband and I are expecting our 2nd child!
Here are the details:
How far along are you? I am 3 months pregnant. The baby is due the end of April 2012.
How did you find out? When I was pregnant with Grace I took 3 pregnancy tests (in 1 month) before one came back positive. This time it only took 1 test. I took the test first thing in the morning and told Nate that evening. The picture above is how I told him. I drew that on my stomach and then told Nate to look at the strange mark I had on my stomach. :)
Are you showing yet? Yes. Yes. Yes. I feel huge and it is a little embarrassing. … [Read more...]

Going into my labor and delivery there were just three things that were really important to me besides having a healthy baby:
I really wanted to avoid being induced.
I really REALLY wanted a midwife to help me deliver.
I was going to try to go all natural, but if I ended up needing some pain meds I wasn’t going to beat myself up about. A natural birth is a great goal, but no one is going to hand you a cash prize for doing it! :)
On September 25, 2009 I went to the hospital to have a routine test done because I was officially over due. I started off in the labor and delivery unit to have a fetal non-stress test. Basically, they … [Read more...]

There is this great saying, “Nine months to gain, nine months to lose!” When I was pregnant and shortly after Grace was born, I thought was the best saying ever. It was so freeing. I felt like it relieved me of that pressure to get my pre-pregnancy body back right away. I loved it.
Now Grace is 9 months old. I hate that saying.
I’m not sure of my current weight because my scale isn’t accurate, but I know I don’t really have much more weight to lose. Still, my body isn’t the same as it once was! I didn’t expect that it would be, but as Grace is getting older it is a little harder to hold onto that excuse that I “just” had a … [Read more...]

Please allow me to take a few moments to brag about a dear friend of mine, Doriana Musselman. I met Doriana while I was working at Sight & Sound. She is a really down-to-earth kind of person mixed with a little punk and a whole lot of talent! Just take a look at these great photographs that she took for me when I was 32 weeks pregnant.
I think that one of the most impressive things about these pictures is that I don’t have any stretch marks. HaHa! I’m just kidding. The most impressive thing is that she took these pictures in my living room! After Grace was born, we were blessed to have Doriana invite us to her house for another mini … [Read more...]

If you have any desire (now or in the future) to get pregnant, then I would highly recommend that you check out the site www.fertilityfriend.com. This is a free website that has some awesome services. You can sign up for their online email course where they will send you 1 email a day for about 20 days. In each email you will learn all about fertility, how to recognize signs of fertility in the female body and how to chart those signs. By charting signs of fertility, you then will have a better idea of when to try to conceive.
Example of fertility charting on FertilityFriend.com
Using this site won’t guarantee that you’ll instantly get … [Read more...]